DAILY NEWS: Seventh Art Doc; Slamdance Manhattan; "Happy" CMJ

Seventh Art has acquired Fernando Velasquez’ “Burning Man: Where’s The Fire,” a documentary about the annual Nevada desert festival, and will release the movie on video in conjunction with special event screenings and concerts throughout the country.

>> Slamdance On the Road in Manhattan

The Slamdance Film Festival will be in New York next month to offer a day of screenings and a party. On Friday, September 17th the festival will hold a party at Ohm in Manhattan and the following day, the festival will screen Jonathan Berman’s “My Friend Paul,” Carter B. Smith and Kevon Ford’s Jane’s Addiction doc, “Three Days,” and Adam Abraham’s Slamdance audience award winner, “Man of the Century” (the film will be released later this year by Fine Line). The festival will also screen a selection of short films.

The New York Slamdance screenings are the latest in a series that has visited Cannes, Stockholm, Los Angeles, Baltimore and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Admission is free.

[To attend, RSVP to the Slamdance office at 323/466-1786 by Wednesday, September 15. For any further information, visit the Slamdance website athttp://www.slamdance.com.]

>> “Happy, Texas” to Close CMJ Festival

The CMJ FilmFest ’99 will close with “Happy, Texas,” Mark Illsley’s Sundance ’99 competition entry starring Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, and William H. Macy. On the closing night of the event, the festival will also present its first awards, including best feature or documentary, best short, and a CMJ award for excellence in the use of music in film.